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Showing posts with label Lotus Mk X. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lotus Mk X. Show all posts

Tuesday, 12 November 2024

1956 Aston Martin DB3S

I took this photograph at Luffield corner during the 1950s Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998.
Leading is the 1956 Aston Martin DB3S of Tony Smith followed by Adrian Hall's 1955 Lotus Mk X. The car on the right looks like it may be the Lola Mk1 of Irvine Laidlaw.

Saturday, 27 April 2024

1955 Lotus Mk X

This car took part in the 1950s Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000.
It's the 1955 Lotus Mk X of Adrian Hall, which is very similar to the Lotus Mk VIII but modified to take the 1,971cc 6-cylinder Bristol engine that was derived from the pre-war BMW 328. The body of the car was designed by Frank Costin, brother of Mike Costin, who together with Keith Duckworth founded Cosworth Engineering.

Thursday, 8 April 2021

1955 Lotus Mk X

This car competed in the Louis Vuitton 1950s Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in August 1996.
It's the 1955 Lotus Mk X of Adrian Hall which has a 6-cylinder 1,971cc Bristol engine. Six or seven examples of the Lotus Mk X were built, and it is very similar to the Mk VIII but modified to take the larger Bristol engine that was derived from the pre-war BMW 328. The body of the car was designed by Frank Costin, brother of Mike Costin, who together with Keith Duckworth founded Cosworth Engineering. The programme of the event says that the car is red, and I have a photograph of the car I took the following year when it was red with a white stripe across the body just above where the number '6' is here, so it looks as if the painting of the car took place later than was anticipated.

Tuesday, 4 August 2020

1955 Lotus Mk X

This car took part in the Champagne Charles Heidsieck Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival at Silverstone in July 1993.
It's the 1955 Lotus Mk X of Jeremy Agace, identical to the Mk VIII but which can be identified by the hump in the bonnet to accommodate the tall 1,971cc Bristol engine. The Mk VIII was designed to run in the 1500cc class and was powered by smaller capacity Ford, MG or Coventry Climax engines.

Saturday, 21 December 2019

Lotus Mk X

This car took part in he Louis Vuitton 1950s Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.
It's the 1955 Lotus Mk X of Adrian Hall, which is very similar to the Lotus Mk VIII but modified to take the 1,971cc 6-cylinder Bristol engine that was derived from the pre-war BMW 328. The body of the car was designed by Frank Costin, brother of Mike Costin, who together with Keith Duckworth founded Cosworth Engineering.

Tuesday, 30 April 2019

Lotus Mk X

This car is listed as the 2nd reserve entry in the Champagne Charles Heidsieck Sports Car Race in the programme of the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1993.
It's the 1955 Lotus Mk X of Jeremy Agace, identical to the Mk VIII but which used the 1,971cc Bristol engine in place of the smaller capacity Ford, MG and Coventry Climax engines typically used by the Mk VIII. The Mk X has a hump in the bonnet to accommodate the taller Bristol engine.

On 13 May 2015 I showed a photograph of this car that I had taken at Donington Park in 2004.

Thursday, 27 August 2015

Lotus Mk X

I've shown a photograph of the Lotus Mk X  previously, on 13th May 2015, and here's another photograph of one taken at the International Historic Grand Prix meeting at Donington Park in May 2004.
This is Adrian Hall's 1955 car, and as I said before, it's based on the Lotus Mk VIII, but modified for the Bristol engine. You can see the bulge in the engine cover to accommodate the taller engine.

Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Lotus Mk X

This photograph was taken at Doningon Park in September 2004 at the SeeRed meeting.
It's a 1955 Lotus Mark X - a car which was basically a Mark VIII, but which used the larger Bristol engine instead of the Ford, MG, or Coventry Climax engines mostly used by the Mark VIII. This particular car was driven in the 1950's Sports Car Race at Donington by Kenneth White and is one which was previously owned by Cliff Davis.